Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-12
FOREIGN TOPICS.
ENGLAND STILL LOOKING FOR A
LOAD OF DYNAMITE.
Parneli in Good Health-Railroad
Disaster in Australia-Rus-
sia's Trade Decree-Etc.
IsrEcIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD Ualos. !
CANADA.
Editor O'Brien Outlines His Proposed
Campaign.

Campaign.
MONTREAL, May 11th.--William O'Brien,
editor of United ireland, arrived here this
morning. An immense crowd was present
on the arrival of the train, which cheered
Justify as Mr.. 'Brien stepped ON the plat
form. An address of welcome was read by
the President of the National League at
Montreal. Mr.. OBrien, in reply, thanked
his fellow countrymen for their hearty re-
ception, and predicted, from this auspicious
beginning, success to his mission He
then went on to say
" L come not to offer offense to any sec
ton or class of the Canadian people, but
quite the contrary. / come not to meddle
in Canadian affairs, not to deal with the
career of Lord Lansdowne as Governor
General, but as the exterminator of 500
human beings. This being free country,
we cannot exoect everybody to agree with
us, but | believe we have such strength
justice and Truth upon our side that when
all have heard our story all will be con-
WINGED, and that Canada people will stretch
out their hands and save the lives and
properties of these 500 poor tenants of
Luggacurran, for both are at this moment
at your mercy and in your hands.
This is not the first time that Canada has
stood between the Irish people and their
oppressors. Our great leader, Parnell, has
said he never again will beg the world for
aims for Irish landlordism. We are now
begging-not for aims, but to enable us to
uproot that whole system of Irish land
lOrdism. We do not come TO ask for ESQ. 900
for charity any more, but TO ask you to
consider what Lord Lansdowne is making
of the $4,000 a year which you give, or
which you enable him to get: and if that
be put to bad and inhuman use, we ask
r
as you have perfect right to do, as the
free citizens of self-governing nation.
The day you send Lord Lansdowne home
with the stamp of Canadian disaffection on
his brow, you will enable us to laugh at
coercion and strengthenSthe arms of Glad
stone to put an end to evictions for all
/. time"
Mr.. OBrien then described the incidents
attending some of the Lansdowne evictions,
in which the aged and infirm were thrown
out of their cabins helpless in the snow
and rain. He proceeded: THE Lugga-
curran tenants were honest, peaceful and
| inoffensive as far as crime is concerned,
The locality is simply stainless During
those barbarous evictions not a blow was
struck, not stone was flung, and what
have these people ever done that they
should deserve to be robbed of home and
land?"
O'Brien closed with glowing picture of
| Ireland's gratitude to Canada when home
rule should be achieved, and was cheered
again and again.
At the conclusion of the meeting O'Bri-
en-, responding to vote of thanks, said
I'VE were threatened that if we dared to
come here we might never get away alive
| Lansdowne must now believe to the con-
! trary. and if he does not I can only oitv
him, for he has neither eyes nor ears"
I A resolution condemnatory of Lans-
downe was cabled to the Luggacurran ten
antry, after which the entire audience
stood up and Joined in singing God Save
Ireland"
| ANTI-o BRIEN MEETING.
+! TORONTO, Nav 11th.-Mayor Rowland
has called public meeting for Saturday
for the purpose of considering the advisa-
bility of prohibiting editor William O Brier
| from speaking in this CITY.